Yearly Archives: 2018

Music Video of the Day: Your Name by Kedr Livanskiy (2017, dir by Kedrina Yana and Konstantin Bushmanov)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Much like yesterday’s video, this is another video on which me and Evelyn disagree.  She thinks that it’s about being young and free in Russia.  I think it’s about vampires.

Enjoy!

Here’s The Trailer For Papillon!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Here’s the trailer for the upcoming film, Papillon!  As the trailer itself states, this is based on the amazing true story of Henri Charrière and his escape from the Devil’s Island penal colony.

Of course, this isn’t the first film to be made about Charrière, his escape, and his friendship with Louis Dega.  1973’s Papillon starred Steve McQueen as Charrière and Dustin Hoffman as Dega.  I haven’t seen this particular film but many consider it to be a classic.

In this remake, Charrière is played by Charlie Hunnam while Rami Malek takes over the role of Dega.  Will it be good or will it be forgettable?  The trailer, to be honest, is a bit generic.  We’ll find out for sure when the film is released on August 24th!

 

A Quickie with The King: Boris Karloff in DIE, MONSTER, DIE! (AIP 1965)

Posted on by gary loggins

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All you Cracked Rear Viewers know by now my affection for the King of Monsters, Boris Karloff . His Universal classics of the 30’s and RKO chillers of the 40’s hold an esteemed place in my personal Horror Valhalla. Karloff did his share of clunkers, too, especially later in his career. DIE, MONSTER, DIE! is one such film, it’s good intentions sunk by bad execution.

It’s the second screen adaptation of a story from the fertile mind of author  H.P. Lovecraft; the first, 1963’s THE HAUNTED PALACE, was a mash-up of Lovecraft and Edgar Allan Poe as part of the Roger Corman/Vincent Price series. Corman’s longtime Art Director Daniel Haller made his directorial debut, and the film certainly looks good. Veteran sci-fi writer Jerry Sohl contributed the screenplay, which was then tinkered with by Haller. Therein lies the problem; Haller’s changes drag down what could have been an exciting little…

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Music Video Of The Day: There Was A Time by Kedr Livanskiy (2018, dir by ?????)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

My friend Evelyn and I have been debating whether or not this video is supposed to be about vampires or not.  Her argument is that it’s obviously meant to be about being young and celebrating life.  My argument is that the video reminds me a lot of Jean Rollin’s Two Orphan Vampires so obviously, the video must be about vampires as well.

Maybe we’re both right!

Who knows?

Anyway, enjoy!

In Memory Of Bill Gold

Posted on by Dazzling Erin

Yesterday, the prolific artist Bill Gold passed away.

Over the course of a 70 yeas career, Bill Gold was responsible for some of the most best known movie posters of all time.  He was a favorite of everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Stanley Kubrick to Clint Eastwood.  His designed his first film poster, for Yankee Doodle Dandy, in 1942 and came out of retirement to do his final poster, for J. Edgar, in 2011.  He is also well-remembered for the famous poster for Casablanca.

I first profiled Bill Gold for this site in 2012.  In honor of his career and his memory, here are even more film posters from Bill Gold:

 

Music Video of the Day: I Always Liked Men With Good Hands by Adi Ulmansky (2012, dir by Ori Sinai)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Ever since Evelyn (a.k.a. my best friend in the entire world) first introduced me to her music, I’ve always enjoy the reliably strange videos of Adi Ulmansky and this one features a black cat!

Enjoy!

Lisa’s Week In Review: 5/14/18 — 5/20/18

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Finally, I’m healthy again!  Being sick sucks but, as of the end of this week, I am finally feeling like myself again.  Here’s what I accomplished this week:

Movies I Watched

  1. All that Jazz (1979)
  2. Deadly Matrimony (2018)
  3. Deep Red (1975)
  4. Den of Thieves (2018)
  5. Disco Beaver From Outer Space (1978)
  6. Everybody Wins (1990)
  7. Fahrenheit 451 (2018)
  8. Fifty Shades Darker (2017)
  9. Fifty Shades Freed (2018)
  10. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
  11. The Go-Between (1971)
  12. Gorky Park (1983)
  13. I, Daniel Blake (2016)
  14. Inferno (1980)
  15. Missing (1982)
  16. The Mission (1986)
  17. Paddington 2 (2018)
  18. Paris, Texas (1984)
  19. Psycho Ex-Girlfriend (2018)
  20. River’s Edge (1987)
  21. Serpico (1973)
  22. The Silent World (1956)
  23. Suspiria (1977)

Television Shows I Watched

  1. The Americans
  2. Archer: Danger Island
  3. Barry
  4. Brooklyn 99
  5. Doctor Phil
  6. Fear the Walking Dead
  7. Ghost Whisperer
  8. It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia
  9. iZombie
  10. King of the Hill
  11. Legion
  12. Lucifer
  13. Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
  14. New Girl
  15. The Office
  16. Patrick Melrose
  17. Roseanne
  18. The Royal Wedding!!!!
  19. Silicon Valley
  20. Survivor 36
  21. Sweetbitter
  22. The Terror
  23. True Detective Season 1
  24. Trust
  25. Vida
  26. Westworld

Books I Read

(Long story short: Last week, I inherited a stash of old Choose Your Own Adventure books.)

  1. Behind the Wheel (1992) by R.A. Montgomery
  2. Deadwood City (1978) by Edward Packard
  3. The Forbidden Castle (1982) by Edward Packard
  4. The Girl on the Velvet Swing: sex, murder, and madness at the dawn of the 20th century (2018) by Simon Baez
  5. Horror Hotel (1983) by Hilary Milton
  6. Journey Under The Sea (1978) by R.A. Montgomery
  7. Kidnapped (1991) by Edward Packard
  8. Laird Cregar: A Hollywood Tragedy (2018) by Gregory W. Mank
  9. The Last Ninja (1991) by Jay Leibold
  10. Nightmare Store (1982) by Hilary Milton
  11. Who Killed Harlowe Thrombey? (1981) by Edward Packard

Music To Which I Listened

  1. Above & Beyond
  2. Adi Ulmansky
  3. AIR
  4. Britney Spears
  5. Calvin Harris
  6. Cedric Gervais
  7. The Chemical Brothers
  8. Chromatics
  9. Dillon Francis
  10. Doro
  11. The Flaming Lips
  12. Garbage
  13. Jackalope
  14. Kevin Shields
  15. Michael Fredo
  16. Moby
  17. Muse
  18. Phoenix
  19. Saint Motel
  20. Taylor Swift
  21. Walt Mink
  22. The White Stripes

Links From Last Week

  1. On her photography site, Erin shared a picture of our new fence!  (It’s a nice fence and, fortunately, the possums can climb it.)
  2. Via my dream journal, here’s a dream I had about giving a lecture!
  3. On Ferguson Ink, Derrick Ferguson continues to interview some of the best writers around.  This week, he interviewed Michael A. Gonzalez!
  4. From News From The Boston Becks: A Century of Film: Crime Films
  5. From The World’s Common Tater: Tater Takes On The Entire Fall TV Schedule!  (Tater took a look at all of the upcoming network schedules this week so be sure to explore his site to get the full details on all of them!)
  6. From Outspoken and Freckled: 5 Reasons Why THE AWFUL TRUTH is my Classic Comfort Movie
  7. From John Rieber: “The Stewardess Is Flying The Plane!” Why I Love 70’s Cinema! The Decade’s Biggest “Hellraisers!”
  8. From Awards Circuit: Leonardo DiCaprio and Steven Spielberg to Re-Team on Ulysses S. Grant Biopic
  9. TSL wasn’t at Cannes this year but Awards Watch was.  Check out their reviews here!
  10. Royal Wedding 2018: In Pictures

Links From The Site

  1. Erin profiled C.C. Beall and celebrated International Dinosaur Day!
  2. Jeff paid tribute to Margot Kidder!
  3. Viktor Von Glum reviewed Black Panther!
  4. Gary reviewed Dr. No, From Russia With Love, and Thunderball and he revealed the Secret James Bond-Batman connection!
  5. Ryan reviewed Rock Steady, XTC69, and Love That Bunch, along with sharing his weekly reading round-up!
  6. I observed Sofia Coppola’s birthday and shared my Oscar predictions for May!
  7. In case you missed it, here’s what won at Cannes!

Want to see what I accomplished last week?  Click here!

Have a great week, everyone!